More Cranford Businesses Set to Open on Monday
The weather might be iffy on Monday, but we’re pretty excited that many of our businesses downtown, on Centennial Avenue, and Raritan Road will be back open for shoppers and diners. After nearly three months, retail stores can welcome customers back inside and restaurants and cafes can offer outside dining.
We ask you to support these businesses by following the safety measures like social distancing and wearing a mask. Check with individual businesses for hours of operation. For a list of downtown businesses please visit the
Downtown Cranford website
.
Shopping in Stores
- Stores can open with 50% of normal occupancy level
- Provide special shopping hours for customers considered in the vulnerable population such as the elderly or immune compromised
- Regular sanitizing of common areas and high touch areas, like credit card machines
- Install barriers or partitions where customers pay and mark floor to keep customers six feet apart
Here’s What You Need to Know About Outdoor Dining
- Patrons are prohibited from indoor sections except to walk through entering or exiting or use the restroom.
- Customers to wear face coverings only when inside the building (unless there is a medical reason for not doing so or if the patron is under 2 years).
- Employees to wear face coverings and gloves when in contact with customers, handing food, utensils, and other items.
- Prohibit smoking in areas where people are drinking and eating.
- Recommend customers wait in their cars or away from the establishment while waiting for a table if outdoor wait areas do not allow for proper social
- Encourage reservations to help control customer volume and require customers provide a phone number if making a reservation in case of the need for contact tracing.
